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Handwritten affidavit by Billy Nolan Lovelady. Lovelady was working on the sixth floor on the morning of November 22nd. When the President's car passed by, he and Shelly were standing outside the building. The car was about fifty yards away when shots were heard. Lovelady went back inside the building and escorted some police officers inside. He did not see anyone in the building who was not supposed to be there.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Buell Wesley Frazier, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository and friend of Lee Harvey Oswald. Frazier states that he worked with Oswald and that they carpooled at the end and beginning of each week. He states that on the morning of the shooting Oswald had a large bag with him and was acting secretive. After the shooting he did not see him at work again.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Buell Wesley Frazier, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository and friend of Lee Harvey Oswald. Frazier states that he worked with Oswald and that they carpooled at the end and beginning of each week. He states that on the morning of the shooting Oswald had a large bag with him and was acting secretive. After the shooting he did not see him at work again.

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Handwritten affidavit by Cecil J. McWatters. McWatters states that he was driving a bus at about 12:40 PM when he picked up a man, who told him that the President had been shot, and then a woman. The woman did not believe that the President had been shot, and the man grinned. McWatters does not recall where he let the man off. He writes that the man looks like the #2 man in the lineup he saw.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Cecil J. McWatters, a bus driver. McWatters describes picking up a man on the bus who claimed that the President was shot in the temple, and was grinning about it.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Cecil J. McWatters, a bus driver. McWatters describes picking up a man on the bus who claimed that the President was shot in the temple, and was grinning about it.

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Handwritten affidavit by Charles Douglas Givens. Givens took a lunch break at noon and went down to the street. He and a friend who worked at a parking lot watched the President's car pass by. When they returned to the parking lot, they heard three shots.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Charles Douglas Givens, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. He states that he worked on the 6th floor and that he did not see anyone in the building the day of the shooting who did not belong there.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Charles Douglas Givens, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. He states that he worked on the 6th floor and that he did not see anyone in the building the day of the shooting who did not belong there.

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Handwritten affidavit by Danny Garcia Arce, an employee at the Texas Book Depository. Danny worked on the sixth floor on the morning of the 22nd, but went down on the street at lunchtime to watch the parade. He heard three shots and a woman screamed that the president had been shot. Earlier in the day he had seen an old man in a brown suit leave the building and drive off in a black Buick. At 8:00 AM he had seen Lee Harvey Oswald on the first floor of the building. He identified Lee Harvey Oswald as he was brought into the Homicide Bureau.

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Statement made by H. W. Hill. Hill states that an agent of the FBI came to the property room and stated that the Minox Camera which appeared on an invoice sheet was not received by the FBI.

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Carbon copy of an affidavit made by H. W. Hill. Hill states that an agent of the FBI came to the property room and stated that the Minox Camera which appeared on an invoice sheet was not received by the FBI.

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Handwritten affidavit by Jack E. Dougherty. Dougherty states that he has worked at the Texas School Book Depository since 1952. On the day that the president was assassinated, Dougherty worked on the sixth floor until noon, at which point he went downstairs to eat lunch. He heard shots from the fifth floor which sounded like they were coming from inside the building. He saw Lee Harvey Oswald on the sixth floor before he ate lunch, but not afterward.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Jack E. Dougherty, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. Dougherty states that he was working on the sixth floor when he heard a gunshot. Shortly before noon he states that he saw Lee Harvey Oswald, another employee, on the sixth floor.

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Affidavit In Any Fact by Jack E. Dougherty, an employee of the Texas School Book Depository. Dougherty states that he was working on the sixth floor when he heard a gunshot. Shortly before noon he states that he saw Lee Harvey Oswald, another employee, on the sixth floor.

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Handwritten affidavit of Johnny Calvin Brewer. Brewer stated that he heard on the radio that the president had been shot. Soon after, he saw a man who matched the description of the assailant and followed him to the Texas Theater. The man looked scared and nervous. Brewer asked that the police be called and the suspect was taken away.

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Handwritten affidavit of Johnny Calvin Brewer. Brewer stated that he heard on the radio that the president had been shot. Soon after, he saw a man who matched the description of the assailant and followed him to the Texas Theater. The man looked scared and nervous. Brewer asked that the police be called and the suspect was taken away.

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Photocopy of an affidavit given by Johnny Calvin Brewer. Brewer stated that he heard on the radio that the president had been shot. Soon after he saw a man who matched the description of the assailant and followed him to the Texas Theater. The man looked scared and nervous. Brewer asked that the police be called and the suspect was taken away.

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Handwritten affidavit by M. L. Baker. Baker was a motorcycle escort for President Kennedy. He heard three shots and, realizing they were rifle shots, tried to figure out where they came from. Upon finding the building, he entered and was escorted by the building manager to the stairs.

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Affidavit given by Mary Rattan. Rattan states that C. N. Dhority called to her attention that he was the one who brought her three hulls, at which point she scratched her name on the shells.

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